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Because we have seen border arrests dropped 60% since may, having that kind of success which is a success of president trump and putting that pressure on mexico to enforce more, congress probably wont act because they dont do anything unless its a dire crisis so the less inclined congress is going to act. >> elizabeth: the numbers were up 338% just two months ago from people crossing that border. they werent acting anyway. i do want to say quickly something about there were temporary because you...

Congressional fundraiser rally tomorrow night in north carolina. busy day at the white house. rob, back to you. >> talk about congress coming back here in just a little bit, david, thank you very much. president trumps immigration policy at the southern border appears to be getting results. border arrests dipped to 51,000 last month. that is a 30% drop from july. the administration has implemented several countermeasures to help reduce the illegal border crossings including the migration deal ...

>> if you no longer have the tax, why isnt it unconstitutional? >> because it is possible to still understand this as a provision that doesnt create rights or obligation. >> president trump has repeatedly said people with pre-existing conditions would be covered even if obamacare is struck down. hes failed to offer any kind of replacement plan. to immigration now. mexicos migration crackdown appears to be having an effect. u.s. authorities report a 28% decline in southern border arrests in jun...

Breaks a little bit. voters are not aware of what they are doing right now. >> thank you for your time. the number of migrant families crossing the u.s. southern border illegally has fallenle according to figures fm u.s. customs and border officials. authorities detained more than 85,000 unit members in may. the daily average of 2,800. the "washington post" reports since the beginning of june, that has declined by 13%. that period includes when president trump threatened to impose tariffs on m...

Do it, hes got a different charge on his hands. >> exactly. you sit in contempt of court. you sit in jail with that contempt charge over your head. and theres honestly no limit to the amount of time they can stick you in jail for contempt. you can be weeks. >> wow. >> months. i think theres a case in pennsylvania where a guys been in for years. >> that is absolutely incredible. and a current issue. john, thanks very much, john schuppe is an nbc news reporter. all right. coming up the acting dh...

So lets just take it piece by piece here. is this a national emergency when you consider southern border arrests have dropped dramatically over the past couple decades? theyre going down not up. >> first of all, lets take that apart real quickly. one of the reasons theyve gone down is because weve applied a multilayer strategy of barriers, technology and personnel. which is what the experts are still wanting the congress to do. the other element of that -- >> congress did just do that in the bor...

This is not near what the barriers the administration has been talking about. if you look at the numbers your 7800, more than 7800 border arrests at the yuma, arizona sector in two month of last year. that is just one portion. it is amazing to see the numbers. >> yuma is part of the border that was approaching operational control but the problem is policies changed, barriers are obsolete and need to be upgraded. the border patrol needs the resources to get boots on the ground and to deter migrat...

President trump blew up the bill hed backed under pressure from anti-immigration advisers, looking at you steven miller, and the right wing media. now democrats control the house. the leverage has increased but president trump is pushing a one-sided version of compromise that doesnt reflect political reality. as trump points out democrats supported a border fence in the fast with senator schumer, barack obama and hillary clinton backing the 2006 secure fence act which led to a decline in border ...

President trump is going to make his first oval office address in primetime tonight to make his case for the border wallment some of the statistics that the administration has been using are misleading and do not add up. our john avalon is back and not a moment too soon and he is going to join with us the reality check. hi, john. >> yes, in a primetime address tonight, president trump may declare illegal migration on the southern border as a national emergency, but as we have seen, border arrest...

Think made her a favorite for this job. ainsley: no doubt she is very smart. we know her personally. we wish her the best. she worked on this show for a long time. steve: she did, indeed. confirmation hearings upcoming for both if they are nominate you had. brian: i read that national security advisor john bolton says oh yeah i think i want to take that position and no longer put it at the cabinet level. that would be something that i find it hard to believe that she would agree to because that ...